Carriage-curtain knob-patch fastener



(No Model.)

A. s. PARKER. CARRIAGE CURTAIN KNOB PATGEFASTBNER. No. 274,137.

Patented Mar.20,1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ABIJAH S. PARKER, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

uCARFHAGE-LQldiTAlN KNOB-PATCH FASTENER..

SPECIFICATION forming part f Letters Patent No. 274,137, dated March 20, 1883.

Application sled July 20,185.12. (No model.)

To all whom tt may conccrn Be it kllown that I, A. S. PARKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, Hamilton county, Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Knob- Patch Fasteners for Carriage Curtains, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention consists in fastening Va knobpatch by means of a single metallic rim provided with teeth or prongs to pass through the curtaln and patch, and bent down to clasp the patch, so as to secure it lirlnly'without stitching, and to prevent tearing, without any secondary rim.

Figure 1 shows a section ot` the metallic rim and prongs; Fig. 2, a sectioll of the rim, curtain, and knob-patch before the. prongs have been bent down. Fig. 3 is a similar section with the prongs bent down over the patch. Fig. 4 is a rear view of the knob-patch fastened to the curtain.

A is the metallic riln, which may be made eitller round or oblong, or any suitable shape.

a b a b are the prongs on the under or rear side ot' the rim, `usually struck ont ot' the same sheet metal of which the rim A is made, and capable of being bent over. The prongs a a are on the outside of the rim, and do not pass through the knob-patch, but only the qurtain. b b are on the inner part of the riln, and pass through both the curtain and knob-patch. B is a portion ot the curtain or fabric to which the knob-patch is to be fastened. O is the knobpatcll.

The rim A being constructed as described,

small slits are made ill the curtain for the passage of the prongs, through which they are inserted. The knob-patch O is then placed against the curtain, on the opposite side from the'rim, and within the circle formed bythe may pass through the patch, it' desired.) The `prongs ce ol are then bent down inwardly upon -the patch C, and the prongs b b are bent outwardly. These `prongshold the patch firmly and snugly to the curtain and prevent any tearing. The curtain and patch are both pro# vided with an opening, K, and slit to serve as a blltton-hole for the knob.

v Knob-patches have vheretofore been sewed to the curtain. VBy lny invention all stitching is now done away with, and the patch isquickly, neatly, and firmly attached. It' desirable, the patch may be'put on the other side ofthe curtain.

I am aware that curtain eye lids have been made by fastening a rubber button-hole between tWo rims of metal, which are clamped together ill a manner somewhat'similar to my own, or by radial ilanges of a -nnetallic plate;

but my invention does away with the use ot one of these rillls of lnetal, makes the fastening for the knob tighter and heater, and is much` more simple and inexpensive.

Having described lny inventioml claim- 1. A knob-patch fastener consisting ot'a ring or rim of metal provided with prongs to pass through the curtaill, and others which pass through the curtain and the knob-patch, and

all bent down to hold it securely to the cul'- tain.

2. The metallic rim A, provided with the prongs a bu b, passing through the curtain B,`

and embracing the patch on the front or rear side of the curtain.

` A. s. PARKER.

Witnesses Gus A. MEYER, DANL. KELLY. 

